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PART I
THE CONSTITUTION

DIVISION ONE--GENERAL

¶ 1	Article I.	Declaration of Union
¶ 2	Article II.	Name
¶ 3	Article III.	Articles of Religion and the Confession of Faith
¶ 4	Article IV.	Inclusiveness of the Church
¶ 5	Article V.	Ecumenical Relations
¶ 6	Article VI.	Title to Properties

DIVISION TWO--ORGANIZATION

Section I. Conferences

¶ 7  | ¶ 8  | ¶ 9  | ¶ 10  | ¶ 11 

Section II. General Conference

¶ 12  | ¶ 13  | ¶ 14  | ¶ 15 

Section III. Restrictive Rules

¶ 16  | ¶ 17  | ¶ 18  | ¶ 19  | ¶ 20 

Section IV. Jurisdictional Conferences

¶ 21  | ¶ 22  | ¶ 23  | ¶ 24  | ¶ 25 

Section V. Central Conferences

¶ 26  | ¶ 27  | ¶ 28  | ¶ 29 

Section VI. Annual Conferences

¶ 30  | ¶ 31  | ¶ 32  | ¶ 33  | ¶ 34 

Section VII. Boundaries

¶ 35  | ¶ 36  | ¶ 37  | ¶ 38  | ¶ 39 

Section VIII. District Conferences

¶ 40 

Section IX. Charge Conferences

¶ 41  | ¶ 42 

DIVISION THREE--EPISCOPAL SUPERVISION

¶ 43  | ¶ 44  | ¶ 45  | ¶ 46  | ¶ 47  | ¶ 48  | ¶ 49  | ¶ 50  | ¶ 51  | ¶ 52 

DIVISION FOUR--THE JUDICIARY

¶ 53  | ¶ 54  | ¶ 55  | ¶ 56 

DIVISION FIVE--AMENDMENTS

¶ 57  | ¶ 58  | ¶ 59 

PART II
DOCTRINAL STANDARDS AND OUR THEOLOGICAL TASK

¶ 60	Our Doctrinal Heritage
¶ 61	Our Doctrinal History
¶ 62	Our Doctrinal Standards and General Rules (The Articles of Religion, The Confession of Faith, The General Rules)
¶ 63	Our Theological Task

PART III
SOCIAL PRINCIPLES*

¶ 64	The Natural World
¶ 65	The Nurturing Community
¶ 66	The Social Community
¶ 67	The Economic Community
¶ 68	The Political Community
¶ 69	The World Community
¶ 70	Our Social Creed

* The ERRATA dated March 1997 indicates that the order of Part III ("The Social Principles") and Part IV ("The Ministry of All Christians" - in the next section) should be reversed so that the content of "The Ministry of All Christians" appears before "The Social Principles."

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